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destructive
adj.破壞的; 消極的
destruction
n.破壞; 毀滅
There are two principal influences that shape the terrain: constructive processes such as uplift,
主要有兩種影響會改變地形：建設性的過程，
which create new landscape features, and destructive forces such as erosion, which gradually wear away exposed landforms.
如產生新的地表特征的地殼隆起;和破壞性的力量，如緩慢清除突出地貌的地表侵蝕。
defense
n.防御, 防護
defenseless
adj.無防御的
The tannins are part of the defense mechanism that is essential to longevity.
“單寧”是防御機制的組成部分，也是長壽的重要因素。
cretaceous
adj.白堊的
The best-documented such impact took place 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period of geological history.
記載最完整的這種災難曾發生在6500萬年前，在地質歷史階段的白堊紀末期。
concept
n.觀念; 概念
conceptions-conception
n.構想
Indeed, for Whigs the concept of government promoting the general welfare went beyond the economy.
確實，輝格黨的政府促進公眾福利超過了促進經濟。
capital
n.資本；首府
capitalists-capitalist
n.資本家
Cheap transportation networks, the rise of cities, and the availability of capital and credit all stimulated the shift to factory production.
廉價的交通運輸網絡、城市的興起和資本借貸的可行性都促進了制造業從手工作坊到工廠生產的轉變。
component
n.零件；構成要素
Even diluted by the terrestrial material excavated from the crater, this component of meteorites is easily identified.
即便這些物質從隕石坑被挖掘出來后受到地球物質的稀釋，其中的成分仍然很容易被鑒定出來。
appropriate
adj.適當的
inappropriate
adj.不適當的
The basic cultural requirements for the successful colonization of the Pacific islands include the appropriate boat-building, sailing, and navigation skills to get to the islands in the first place,
成功定居太平洋群島的基本文化條件包括合適的船只、駕船能力和航海技術，
domesticated plants and gardening skills suited to often marginal conditions, and a varied inventory of fishing implements and techniques.
從而能夠首先到達這些島嶼，適合大多數邊緣環境的農作物和園藝技術，以及各種各樣的捕魚工具和捕魚技術。
apparently
adv.顯然地
Smiling is apparently a universal sign of friendliness and approval.
微笑是表達友好和認可的通用符號。
active
adj.積極的
Whigs and Democrats differed not only in their attitudes toward the market but also about how active the central government should be in people's lives.
輝格黨和民主黨的分歧不僅表現在對市場的態度上，而且表現在中央政府究竟該在人民生活中起到多少作用上。
sumerian
n.閃族人
Working from known Akkadian to previously unknown Sumerian, scholars since the 1890's have learned how to read the Sumerian language moderately well.
從已知的阿卡得人語，到先前未知的蘇美爾語，自19世紀90年代起，學者對掌握蘇美爾語已非常好。
tropical
adj.熱帶的
tropics-tropic
n.熱帶
In the atmosphere, a large portion of the Sun's incoming energy is used to evaporate water, primarily in the tropical oceans.
在大氣層，大部分太陽能量作用于蒸發水汽，主要是來自熱帶海洋的水汽。
tissues-tissue
n.（動植物的）組織
Nitrogen then diffuses from the lungs to the blood and from the blood to body tissues.
肺部中的氮氣擴散到血液，從血液流經到各個身體組織。
striking-strike
n.打擊；罷工v.打, 攻擊
What audiences came to see was the technological marvel of the movies; the lifelike reproduction of the commonplace motion of trains, of waves striking the shore,
觀眾是為了欣賞電影技術的奇幻，那些對火車開動、海浪拍擊海岸和人潮涌動的栩栩如生的復制，
and of people walking in the street; and the magic made possible by trick photography and the manipulation of the camera.
以及通過特技攝影和玩弄相機所制造出來的魔幻景象。
squirrels-squirrel
n.松鼠
Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels ,are not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in most habitats globally.
小的物種,包括像老鼠和小松鼠嚙齒類動物,并不像在熱帶檐整體都是全球最棲息地.
raw
adj.生的；未加工的；無經驗的
Steam became the motive force of the Industrial Revolution as coal and iron ore were the raw materials.
蒸汽成為了工業革命中的主要動力，當時的煤礦和鐵礦成為了是工業的主要原材料。
proved-prove
v.證明
disproved-disprove
v.證明...是虛假；反駁
In 1979, a team looking for fossils in northern Pakistan found what proved to be the oldest fossil whale.
1979年，一個小組在巴基斯坦北部地區找到了被證明是最古老的鯨魚的化石。
pole
n.電極；極地
When iron became easier to obtain, it was used instead of wood for lug poles, and later fireplaces had pivoting metal rods to hang pots from.
一旦鐵器融入到大眾生活，它將替代木材用作拉桿，壁爐也有了來懸掛容器的金屬棒。
personal
adj.私人的
personality
n.個性
As the differences in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members;
正如兩種不同類型所表現的，善于表達的領導會收獲團體成員的個人情感；
instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a mote distant respect.
若成功實現團體目標，指導型領導可以獲得尊重感。
